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TIL Scarface (1983) was not only shunned by the Oscars, but actually received a Razzie nomination for Worst Director.

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4X0Ro TIL while researching Rube Goldberg machines, that there was a comic strip called "Boob McNutt" made by Rube Goldberg himself, which ran from 1918 to 1934.
dMld TIL there is a group of people who believe that the earth is hollow, and are planning an expedition to prove it.
VMnKB TIL "Hit Me Baby One More Time" was written by a Swede who meant the chorus to mean "hit me up on the phone one more time" but mistranslated it
Dj5v TIL after slavery was abolished, many black sharecroppers and farmers immigrated to Russia to help them build their agricultural systems.
P1YgJ TIL that the Aboriginal people of Australia have occupied the land for more than 60,000 years.